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RISK MANAGEMENT Manufacturing Industry TimeDoOut! OSHA? How Well You Know by Jeff Barrett, CIC Most people are familiar with the Occupational and Safety Health Administration (OSHA), but they may not know enough about its standards and policies. OSHA’s mission is to assure the safety and health of America’s workforce by: • • • • setting and enforcing standards. providing training, outreach and education. establishing partnerships. encouraging continual improvement in workplace safety and health.1 the employer sells the business, he or she must transfer the records to the new owner.” 3. What does OSHA consider “timely” regarding production of the OSHA log? Four hours. Regulation 1904.40(a) states that “When an authorized government representative asks for the records you keep under Part 1904, you must provide copies of the records within four (4) business hours.” Additionally, Regulation 1904.40(b)(2) answers the question “Do I have to produce the records within four (4) hours if my records are kept at a location in a different time zone?” “OSHA will consider your response to be timely if you give the records to the government representative within four (4) business hours of the request. If you maintain the records at a location in a different time zone, you may use the business hours of the establishment at which the records are located when calculating the deadline.” 4. For cases involving days away from work, when do you start counting the days away? The day after the incident occurred. According to Regulation 29 CFR Part 1904.7(b)(3)(i), “… you begin counting days away on the day after the injury occurred or the illness began.” 5. Is there a cap to the number of days away from work that must be captured? Yes; 180 calendar days. Per Regulation 29 CFR Part 1904.7(b)(3)(vii): “…you may ‘cap’ the total days away at 180 calendar days. You are not required to keep track of the number of calendar days away from work if the injury or illness resulted in more than 180 calendar days away from work and/or days of job transfer or restriction. In such a case, entering 180 in the total-days-away column will be considered adequate.” 6. Must ﬁrst aid cases be captured on an OSHA log? No. According to OSHA Regulation 29 CFR Part 1904.7, “you must consider an injury or illness to meet the general recording criteria and, therefore, to be recordable, if it results in any of the following: death, days away from work, restricted work or transfer to another job, medical To that end, OSHA has implemented rules and regulations designed to guide employers as they institute safety measures in their organizations and to inform employees about the types of incidents that are likely to occur in their speciﬁc workplaces. By educating all workers about potential exposures, OSHA seeks to reduce workplace-related injuries and illnesses. How well do you know OSHA rules and regulations? Following is a short survey you can use to test for OSHA knowledge within your organization. Management personnel and your safety compliance ofﬁcer should be expected to know all the answers. 1. How quickly must each injury or illness be recorded? Within seven days. Regulation 29 CFR 1904.29(b)(3) states: “You must enter each recordable injury or illness on the OSHA 300 Log and 301 Incident Report within seven (7) calendar days of receiving information that a recordable injury or illness has occurred.” 2. For how many years must OSHA logs be kept? Five years (plus current year). From Regulation 29 CFR 1904, Certiﬁcation, Summarization and Posting: “After the end of the year, employers must review the Log to verify its accuracy, summarize the 300 Log information on the 300A summary form and certify the summary. A company executive must sign the certiﬁcation. This information must then be posted for three months, from February 1 to April 30. The employer must keep the records for ﬁve years following the calendar year covered by them and if 13 SILVERLINK — SPRING / SUMMER 2008

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SilverLink - Spring/Summer 2008 Contents Risk Management: Mitigate & Educate Disastrous Distractions Accounts Receivable BoomerCare Risk Reduction, What’s Your Function? Time Out! Double Down Employee Benefits: Who’s Paying Whom for What? Time to Reconcile Keep Your Eye on the Pension Prize Show Me the Money Private Client Services: A Generous Strategy Is There Any Good News Left? Special Insurance for Special Times Client Spotlight: Omaha Performing Arts Internal Happenings: SilverStone Group Wellness Activities Group

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